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KeyHindrancestoGoodGovernance
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FirstPublished:March29,2015|LastUpdated:August15,2016
Goodgovernancemeansanaccountableandauditedpublicservicewhichhasthebureaucraticcompetenceto
implementappropriatepublicpoliciesandanindependentjudicialsystemtoupholdthelaw.Despitethecontinuing
effortstoenhancethequalityofgovernanceinthecountry,frominsufficienciesandcomplexities,bothstructuraland
nonstructural,therearehindrancesthatstillexist.
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Corruption
InefficiencyofBureaucracy
NepotismandPoliticizationinPublicAdministration
Improperuseofresources
PoorPlanningStrategy
MeasuresforgoodgovernancetakenbyIndia
Corruption
AccordingtoTransparencyInternationalReport,Corruptionactstodiminishtheabilityoflawenforcementto
accomplishitsmission.Theprevalenceofcorruptiondiminishedtheabilityofthelawenforcement,adversely
affectedthejudiciary,administrationandisdelayingthefairfunctioningofthesociety.
InefficiencyofBureaucracy
BureaucracyofIndiaisnotsoefficientinmanagementandadministration.Thecapacityofpolicyimplementationof
ourbureaucracyisverypoorcomparedtootherdevelopingeconomies.Accountabilityandtransparencyarenewto
thecivilsociety.
NepotismandPoliticizationinPublicAdministration
Nepotismisanotherswearwordofourpoliticalaffairsandadministration.Privilegeandunfairadvantagetothe
familymembers,kithsandkinonpublicresourcesispracticedwidely,sothemasspeoplearedeprived.Inaddition,
Corruptedandinefficientpolicingincreaseshumanrightsviolation,andfalsecases.
Improperandnonobservanceoftheruleoflaw:Itissaidthatlawsexistbutareappliedonlyinfavourofprivilege
peopleorclass.Asaresultjusticessufferanddeniedtothecommonpeoplealthoughthatisanimportantaspectof
goodgovernance.
Improperuseofresources
Decentralisationandfundingtothelocalgovernmentisnotutilizedproperlyandveryoftendivertedtoother
purposes.So,thetargetgrouparenotcoveredproperlywiththeavailableresources.
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PoorPlanningStrategy
Improperplanninganduseofresourcesresultinscarcenessinresourceslikeelectricity,waterandfuel.Besides
these,Insurgency,Naxalismanddiscriminationagainsttheminoritiesandenvironmentaldegradationaroundthis
countryandproblemsrelatedtolandreformsandtribalwelfarealsoactsashindrancestogoodgovernance.
Withoutgoodgovernance,thebenefitsofpublicprogramswillnotreachtheirtargetrecipients,especiallythepoor.
Emphasizingthestrengtheningofgoodgovernanceatthenationallevel,includingthebuildingofeffectiveand
accountableinstitutionsforpromotinggrowthandsustainablehumandevelopmentwillremovethehindrancesand
pavewaytogoodgovernance
MeasuresforgoodgovernancetakenbyIndia
Sincethebadgovernanceistherootcauseofallevils,withinoursocieties,hencethereisaneedforgood
governance.MostofthefeatureslinkedwithgoodgovernanceenunciatedbyWorldBankarefoundinthereform
processinitiatedinIndiaforgoodgovernance.Theseinclude
DecentralizationofpoweramongdifferentlayersofGovernment
Holdingperiodicelections
Improvingtheconductofelectionsthroughelectoralreforms
PassingtheRighttoInformationAct,2005tobringinaccountabilityandtransparencyinadministration,
LaunchingprogrammeslikeCitizensCharter.
TheLokpalBilltocurbcorruptioninadministrationandtoinvestigateallegationsagainstpublicmen.
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